Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1891 — Long Fiber. [ARTICLE]

Long Fiber.

The longest continuous fiber Known at the present time is that of silk. , A cocoon of a well-fed silkworm will often yield 1,000 yards long, and in one instance one has been produced 1,205 yards without a break.